Durban panchang, 16 June 2027
Sunrise 06:50 Sunset 17:02 Moonrise 14:52 Jyeshtha month
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa · -29.86°, 31.03° · Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+02:00)
Sunrise to sunrise
- Bad
- Good
- A limb changes
Day
06:50 to 17:02- Labh
- Amrit
- Kaal
- Shubh
- Rog
- Udveg
- Char
- Labh
- Yamaganda 08:07 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam 10:40 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta 11:36 – 12:16
- Abhijit Muhurta 11:36 – 12:16 Not used on Wednesdays
- Rahu Kalam 11:56 – 13:12
- 09:51 Moon enters Scorpio
- 11:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:14 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
Night
17:02 to 06:51 next day- Udveg
- Shubh
- Amrit
- Char
- Rog
- Kaal
- Labh
- Udveg
- Pradosha 17:02 – 19:48
- Brahma Muhurta 05:00 – 05:55 Current practice: the 14th night muhurta
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
The five limbs
- Tithi Shukla Trayodashi until 23:50
- Nakshatra Vishakha until 16:14 · lord Jupiter
- Yoga Siddha until 02:23 next day
- Karana Kaulava until 11:22, then Taitila
- Vara Wednesday lord Mercury
- Moon and Sun Libra Moon Sun in Gemini
- 09:51 Moon enters Scorpio
- 11:22 Karana becomes Taitila
- 16:14 Nakshatra becomes Anuradha
- 23:50 Tithi becomes Shukla Chaturdashi
- 23:50 Karana becomes Gara
- 02:23 next day Yoga becomes Sadhya
Times to avoid
- Yamaganda Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 08:07 – 09:23
- Gulika Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 10:40 – 11:56
- Durmuhurta Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.52, p. 275 11:36 – 12:16
- Rahu Kalam Kālaprakāśikā pp. 175–176 11:56 – 13:12
Good windows
- Brahma Muhurta Current practice: the 14th of the night's 15 muhurtas, ending one muhurta before sunrise. Manusmṛti 4.92 names the brahma muhurta; Kullūka (1909, p. 149) reads it as the last yama of the night, and Govindarāja, as Kullūka reports him, as its last muhurta. 05:00 – 05:55
- Abhijit Muhurta Not used on Wednesdays Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 6.50, p. 274 (the 8th day muhurta); 6.52, p. 275 (not on Wednesday) 11:36 – 12:16
- Pradosha Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 3.6 commentary, p. 125 (Skanda); Nirṇaya-sindhu p. 29; Vīramitrodaya, Samaya-prakāśa, p. 129 17:02 – 19:48
- Siddhi (amrta) yoga Nārada, quoted in Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.21 commentary, p. 20 16:14 – 06:51 next day
- Sarvartha Siddhi Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.28–29, p. 22, main reading 16:14 – 06:51 next day
- Ravi yoga Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.27, p. 22 16:14 – 06:51 next day
Choghadiya
| Labh | 06:50 – 08:07 | Good |
|---|---|---|
| Amrit | 08:07 – 09:23 | Good |
| Kaal | 09:23 – 10:40 | Bad |
| Shubh | 10:40 – 11:56 | Good |
| Rog | 11:56 – 13:12 | Bad |
| Udveg | 13:12 – 14:29 | Bad |
| Char | 14:29 – 15:45 | Neutral |
| Labh | 15:45 – 17:02 | Good |
| Udveg | 17:02 – 18:45 | Bad |
|---|---|---|
| Shubh | 18:45 – 20:29 | Good |
| Amrit | 20:29 – 22:13 | Good |
| Char | 22:13 – 23:56 | Neutral |
| Rog | 23:56 – 01:40 next day | Bad |
| Kaal | 01:40 – 03:23 next day | Bad |
| Labh | 03:23 – 05:07 next day | Good |
| Udveg | 05:07 – 06:51 next day | Bad |
Hora
Seasonal horas: the daytime and the night each in 12 parts. No printed source is cited for this split.
Equal horas: 60 minutes (2.5 ghatis) each, counted from sunrise as Vivāha-vṛndāvana counts them. The 24th runs to the next sunrise. Muhūrta-cintāmaṇi 1.55, p. 49
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:41 NowMoon
- 08:32 NowSaturn
- 09:23 NowJupiter
- 10:14 NowMars
- 11:05 NowSun
- 11:56 NowVenus
- 12:47 NowMercury
- 13:38 NowMoon
- 14:29 NowSaturn
- 15:20 NowJupiter
- 16:11 NowMars
- 17:02 NowSun
- 18:11 NowVenus
- 19:20 NowMercury
- 20:29 NowMoon
- 21:38 NowSaturn
- 22:47 NowJupiter
- 23:56 NowMars
- Next day
- 01:05 NowSun
- 02:14 NowVenus
- 03:23 NowMercury
- 04:32 NowMoon
- 05:41 NowSaturn
- 06:50 NowMercury
- 07:50 NowMoon
- 08:50 NowSaturn
- 09:50 NowJupiter
- 10:50 NowMars
- 11:50 NowSun
- 12:50 NowVenus
- 13:50 NowMercury
- 14:50 NowMoon
- 15:50 NowSaturn
- 16:50 NowJupiter
- 17:50 NowMars
- 18:50 NowSun
- 19:50 NowVenus
- 20:50 NowMercury
- 21:50 NowMoon
- 22:50 NowSaturn
- 23:50 NowJupiter
- Next day
- 00:50 NowMars
- 01:50 NowSun
- 02:50 NowVenus
- 03:50 NowMercury
- 04:50 NowMoon
- 05:50 NowSaturn
Rising sign (lagna)
- 05:00 – 06:51 Taurus
- 06:51 – 08:54 Gemini
- 08:54 – 10:36 Cancer
- 10:36 – 12:02 Leo
- 12:02 – 13:25 Virgo
- 13:25 – 14:59 Libra
- 14:59 – 16:54 Scorpio
- 16:54 – 19:09 Sagittarius
- 19:09 – 21:31 Capricorn
- 21:31 – 23:49 Aquarius
- 23:49 – 02:07 next day Pisces
- 02:07 – 04:28 next day Aries
- 04:28 – 06:47 next day Taurus
- 06:47 – 06:51 next day Gemini
The Vedic day runs from sunrise to the next sunrise.
Lahiri ayanamsa · sunrise and sunset at the centre of the Sun’s disc, with refraction, at sea level · Swiss Ephemeris · times in Africa/Johannesburg (UTC+2) · Method